Opinion: Plastic waste, a goldmine when responsibly disposed and managed
By Mangala Bandara, director of ‘Go Recycling Hub.’ Most developing countries across the globe face the issue of proper waste management, and Sri Lanka is …
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National-list nominations as vote bait
July 20,2015 (LBO) - By far, the greatest number of professionals have been nominated as national-list MPs by the JVP. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best …
Nepal: What can be done? What lessons can be learned?
Many people I care for live in Nepal. Less than a month ago I was teaching in Nagarkot, in the hills about an hour out of Kathmandu. I recognize some of the …
Public media or public media organizations in Sri Lanka?
In the aftermath of an election that saw the naked abuse of the government-owned media, the question of reform has risen in the agenda. But it is unfortunate …
What can be done about landslide disasters
We’ve had too many disasters in recent years. The tsunami, the LTTE, floods, Nandikadal, floods. And now Koslanda. After the tsunami we asked what could be …
The romance of manufacturing
Every few years, someone pens a lament about Sri Lanka’s lack of manufacturing. Economic growth through services is not real, they argue. In the most recent …
Should Sri Lanka’s Colombo be preserved as it is?
Oct 06, 2014 (LBO) - "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the …
Conspiracy theories over evidence: A review of Power and Power (2014)
Sept 01, 2014 (LBO) I was among the throngs at the launch of a book by Minister Patali Ranawaka few weeks back. The auditorium was packed. There were …
Astrology as technology thrust in Sri Lanka: What happens when politicians decide research priorities
Aug 04, 2014 (LBO) I agree with the Minister of Technology and Research that we need a lot more discussion about economic strategy. I’ve been pleading for …
What have we learned since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami?
June 16, 2014 (LBO) - It has been almost ten years since one in 600 Sri Lankans died, unwarned of a tsunami that took 90 minutes to get to our shores and even …
Prepaid for Sri Lanka electricity customers
June 9, 2014 (LBO) Government-owned monopoly telephone companies did not connect 100 percent of households anywhere in the world. But in Sri Lanka, the …
Sri Lanka electricity: Getting what you pay for
May 26, 2014 (LBO) We believe that micro enterprises are important. If they succeed, they become small businesses and then medium enterprises. That is how …
Sri Lanka’s social progress, as depicted by Michael Porter
Apr 07, 2014 (LBO) - Michael Porter has been one of the most successful business theorists. It could even be said that certain parts of business curricula were …
What to do about incompetent state enterprises in Sri Lanka
Feb 10, 2014 (LBO) - SriLankan Airlines is expected to lose 25 billion rupees in 2013-14. In the previous year, it lost 22 billion rupees. This annual loss by …
Law and order in Sri Lanka
Feb 06, 2014 (LBO) Each violent death is one too many. When it is senseless, when the victim is innocent,young and full of potential it hurts even more. When …
Mel Gunasekera – an eulogy
Feb 02, 2014 (LBO) - On the morning of the first Sunday of February 2014 I felt as though the ground I stood on suddenly disappeared. I learned from a tweet …
Improving the quality of the Sri Lankan passport
Dec 23, 2013 (LBO) - I travel on a Sri Lanka passport. The hassle is so great that I regret not getting another passport. My life was made simpler, for a short …
Common sense on the Commonwealth
Nov 14, 2013 (LBO) - My children made their own decisions on what to study and where. But when I found that my son was about to complete his undergraduate …
The health of the private sector in Sri Lanka
Nov 11, 2013 (LBO) I was in Fiji a few weeks back. Opening the morning paper, I was struck by a news story which said that the productivity of the Suva and …
Hypocrisy one-upmanship in Sri Lanka
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